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 The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship
May 27, 2015

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From the Director

In December, with the support and advice from many faculty and entrepreneurial leaders, the School of Hotel Administration (SHA) launched an entrepreneurship concentration for students. The 12-credit concentration features a mix of required and elective courses that are set up to expose students to academic curriculum that serves as a foundation for their entrepreneurial journeys...see more.

Engagement

Damian J. Mogavero to receive Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award
Damian J. Mogavero, CEO and founder of Avero Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2015 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award, an honor given annually by the Pillsbury Institute...read more.



Building an Entrepreneurial Culture in Big Companies


One of the great things about entrepreneurs is the passion and creativity that they impart to their business. You can hear it in how they talk about what they do and see it in how they work with their teams.
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Help Us Spread the Word!


The 2015 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at the School of Hotel Administration is looking for veterans interested in starting a food & beverage-based business. We are currently accepting applications and would appreciate your help spreading the word. Learn more or apply now!.


Coleman Faculty Fellow Howard Chong on Sustainability and Entrepreneurship

The Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows Program at Cornell is now in its second semester at the university. Each of the three Coleman Fellows at Cornell has adjusted the curriculum in one of their courses to be more entrepreneurial...read more.


Entrepreneurs In Residence
We would like to thank our Entrepreneurs In Residence for graciously committing almost 75 hours of their time to the Pillsbury Institute and to our students this academic year...read more.



Connect Entrepreneurial Hotelies Mentor Network
The Connect Entrepreneurial Hotelies (CEH) Mentor Network, which had its first launch in Spring 2014, completed its third launch in February. The program focuses on connecting alumni and students with entrepreneurial interests both to one another and to The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship...read more.

Experiential Learning

Networking Socials and Conference Education

This past academic year, the Pillsbury Institute organized a variety of events for students with over 50 entrepreneurs and innovators in the industry, including several Meet & Repeat Speed Networking Socials...read more.

Entrepreneurs Focus on Successful Hospitality Startups
Strange as it may sound, the end game is one of the first things to think about when someone starts a business. As discussed in the Hospitality Entrepreneurship Roundtable, one of the best moves that entrepreneurs can make when they start out is to be sure that their concept and processes can scale for growth...read more.

YC Female Founders Conference Student Reflection

by Sue-Jean Sung '15
Not only was my body malfunctioning in San Francisco’s 70 degree weather after dealing with sub-zero temperatures in Ithaca over the past several weeks (needless to say, I didn’t hate it), but upon walking into an auditorium filled with incredibly accomplished and fierce women, my mind started to get overwhelmed as well...read more.


IHIF Student Challenge
by Francesco Jimenez ’15 and Guy Cook ‘15
This was our first time representing the school at an international conference. We were honored that the Pillsbury faculty thought that we would perform well as a candidates for this competition...read more.


Education

Concentration in Entrepreneurship

We're pleased to announce that SHA has begun offering a concentration in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship courses are open to both undergraduate and graduate students from all majors throughout the university, although they are focused towards SHA students. Currently about 30% of those enrolled are non-SHA students...read more.

Meet the Pillsbury E-Team
Meet Susan S. Fleming, PhD, an educator, researcher, businesswoman and mother with deep experience and expertise in the areas of finance, insurance, business strategy, organizational behavior and issues of gender diversity...read more.

Congratulations to the winner of the Business Plan Competition!
The Hospitality Business Plan Competition gives teams of students the opportunity to develop hospitality industry business concepts and enter them in a competition...read more.



About the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship

An operating unit of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the Pillsbury Institute supports the academic entrepreneurial curriculum through three core facets: education, experience, and engagement. Our student-focused, practical entrepreneurship course offerings link the academic and the practical at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Our business-plan centric programs help students obtain experience to reinforce learning. Lastly, we engage with entrepreneurs at all stages of ideation. To learn more about the institute, visit www.pihe.cornell.edu, or contact Kristen Ciferri, Program Manager, at 607.255.0179 or at pihe@cornell.edu.




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